I'm 16. I agree with the second statement, but I'd like to point out this: if you're in the public school system and you aren't "shallow and passive", chances

I'm 16. I agree with the second statement, but I'd like to point out this: if you're in the public school system and you aren't "shallow and passive", chances are good you'll be given hell if you show it. (Or maybe it's just me. I don't know.) I'm new to the public school system this year. I live in an area that has no shortage of gun ownership and advocacy, and, the weekend after Sandy Hook, I went to the guidance office to express worry that perhaps some connections would be made that aren't really there. (Not about me individually, but about some poor soul that would slip up and get caught in something) I was called back to the guidance office later that day, only to be told that I was effectively suspended until I could be, and I quote, "Mentally evaluated". It was handled as a "School Crisis", and I was a "Threat to the school". Lucky for me, my parents acted quickly enough so that the school system's psychologist could be contacted. It turned out to be nothing. (This is the third of four encounters like this. I'm fairly certain I have the high score for most school crises caused in a single year.) What a dangerous and shady person I am.